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Asia's insurance markets expected growth.
Asia's life and non-life insurance markets are expected to grow by 8.9% and 7.9% a year respectively...
Looking back and looking forward.
Before the US terrorist attacks, Reinsurance and PricewaterhouseCoopers gathered a group of top executives in Monte Carlo for a lunch debate on the state of the reinsurance market. Janina Clark reports on a thought-provoking debate.
RenaissanceRe increases capital.
RenaissanceRe is increasing the capital and surplus of its commercial property insurance subsidiary,...
Appointment at Clarendon.
Hannover Re's executive board member Dr Detlef Steiner has been appointed president and chief operat...
Monte Carlo in mourning.
The Rendez-Vous was in full swing and reinsurers were confident of raising rates. Then came news of the terrorist attacks in the US. Janina Clark witnessed the reactions.
Benfield Greig to launch profiles.
Reinsurance broker Benfield Greig will launch by early this month what it said are detailed and easi...
Lloyd's future still unclear.
Lloyd's lead role in lines hit by the US attacks has led to concern about the stability of the marke...
US researchers predict new El Nino.
US researchers predict that a new El Nino could hit the US about the end of the first quarter next y...
Appointment at Faraday.
General Re-controlled Faraday has appointed Rolf Tolle chief underwriting officer and active underwr...
Out with the old.
Compulsory motor third party liability cover is finally becoming a staple of eastern European markets. Adrian Leonard takes a look at a driver for change.
Appointment at Employers Re.
Employers Re, part of GE, has made Mike Moncada (pictured) chief underwriting officer of its Propert...
No lead on arbitration.
John Butler considers a case that questioned whether a leading underwriter's agreement to arbitrate had to be followed by other underwriters on the slip.
Time to talk tough.
Everyone will feel the effect on rates of last month's unprecedented losses. Eric Alexander anticipates hard negotiations in Baden-Baden.
Renewals could produce a U-turn.
Adrian Leonard finds Germany's reinsurers determined to turn the market at the renewals, with the catastrophe, industrial fire and motor sectors top of their hit list.
Firms face the music.
The Australian market has been hit by bad results and serious scandals. Problems remain but change has produced some optimism, reports David Fanning.
Losses drill holes in energy sector.
Len Messenger of Zurich Global Energy, chairman of IUMI's energy and offshore committee, warned of t...
US outwards reinsurance a third higher in 2000.
Reinsurance placed by US-based (re)insurance companies outside the US reached $26.1bn in 2000, a rise...
Reinsurers latest loss estimates
Insurers and reinsurers have issued initial and revised estimates of their losses from the terrorist ...
IUMI attendance hit by US attacks.
Eric Alexander and Marcus Alcock report from the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) conference.
XL to take control of Le Mans Re.
XL Capital of Bermuda is likely to take a 67% controlling interest in Le Mans Re, which XL formed wi...
Africa, land of contrasts.
A continent where civil wars, famine and subsistence economies are common seems to lack the assets needed to generate sizeable reinsurance premiums, but there is potential for those willing to seek it out, reports John Sanders.
Brit outlines profit and loss
Brit Insurance Holdings has recorded a pre-tax profit for the first half of this year and reconfirmed...
Claims People interims
Loss adjuster the Claims People Group has recorded turnover for the first six months of this year of ...
St Paul dominates solicitors' PI sector as rates stall
St Paul International Insurance has retained its position as market leader for solicitors' profession...